POST CANCER TREATMENT MEDICAL SOURCE STATEMENT

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1 POST CANCER TREATMENT MEDICAL SOURCE STATEMENT From: Re: (Name of Patient) (Social Security No.) Please answer the following questions concerning your patient's impairments. Attach relevant treatment notes, radiologist reports, laboratory and test results as appropriate. 1. Frequency and length of contact: 2. If your patient has been diagnosed with and treated for cancer, a. Please identify the type of cancer: b. Cancer status: Remission Other: c. Does your patient have chronic fatigue as a result of cancer or treatment (including radiation and/or chemotherapy)? d. Please identify your patient s other impairments that could cause or exacerbate your patient s chronic fatigue: 3. Other Diagnoses: 4. Prognosis: HIV-AIDS Rheumatoid arthritis Depression Fibromyalgia Lyme disease Side effects of medications Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) Other 5. Please list signs and symptoms (other than fatigue) your patient has as a result of cancer or treatment? Muscle pain Chronic headaches Disturbed sleep Depression Anxiety Impaired memory Muscle weakness Impaired attention/concentration Lower extremity edema Other: 6. Identify any side effects of current medication that may have implications for working: 7. Have your patient's impairments lasted or can they be expected to last at least twelve months?

2 8. Do emotional factors contribute to the severity of your patient's symptoms and functional limitations? 9. Identify any psychological conditions affecting your patient's physical condition: Depression Somatoform disorder Psychological factors affecting physical condition Anxiety Personality disorder Other: 10. As a result of your patient's impairments, estimate your patient's functional limitations if your patient were placed in a competitive work situation. a. How many city blocks can your patient walk at one time before stopping? b. Please circle the hours and/or minutes that your patient can sit at one time, e.g., before needing to get up, etc. Sit: More than 2 c. Please circle the hours and/or minutes that your patient can stand at one time, e.g., before needing to sit down, walk around, etc. Stand: More than 2 d. Please indicate how long your patient can sit and stand/walk total in an 8-hour working day (with normal breaks): Sit Stand/walk less than 2 hours about 2 hours about 4 hours at least 6 hours e. Is your patient capable of working an 8-hour working day, 40 hours per week? If no, approximately how many hours per week can your patient work? f. Does your patient need a job that permits shifting positions at will from sitting, standing or walking?

3 g. If your patient s symptoms would likely cause the need to take unscheduled breaks to rest during a workday, 1) How many times during an average workday do you expect this to happen? , More than 10 2) How long (on average) will your patient have to rest before returning to work? More than 2 3) What symptoms cause a need for breaks? Pain/arthralgia Fatigue Nausea Medication side effects Other: h. With prolonged sitting, should your patient's leg(s) be elevated? If yes, 1) how high should the leg(s) be elevated? 2) if your patient had a sedentary job, what percentage of time during an 8 hour working day should the leg(s) be elevated? % For this and other questions on this form, rarely means 1% to 5% of an 8-hour working day; "occasionally" means 6% to 33% of an 8-hour working day; "frequently" means 34% to 66% of an 8-hour working day. i. How many pounds can your patient lift and carry in a competitive work situation? Never Rarely Occasionally Frequently Less than 10 lbs. 10 lbs. 20 lbs. 50 lbs. j. How often can your patient perform the following activities? Never Rarely Occasionally Frequently Twist Stoop (bend) Crouch/ squat Climb ladders Climb stairs

4 k. If your patient has significant limitations with reaching, handling or fingering, please indicate the percentage of time during an 8-hour working day that your patient can use hands/fingers/arms for the following activities: HANDS: Grasp, Turn Twist Objects FINGERS: Fine Manipulations ARMS: Reaching In Front of Body ARMS: Reaching Overhead Right: % % % % Left: % % % % l. How much is your patient likely to be off task? That is, what percentage of a typical workday would your patient s symptoms likely be severe enough to interfere with attention and concentration needed to perform even simple work tasks? 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% or more m. To what degree can your patient tolerate work stress? Incapable of even "low stress" work Capable of moderate stress - normal work Capable of low stress work Capable of high stress work Please explain the reasons for your conclusion: n. Are your patient s impairments likely to produce good days and bad days? If yes, assuming your patient was trying to work full time, please estimate, on the average, how many days per month your patient is likely to be absent from work as a result of the impairments or treatment: Never About three days per month About one day per month About four days per month About two days per month More than four days per month 12. Are your patient's impairments (physical impairments plus any emotional impairments) as demonstrated by signs, clinical findings and laboratory or test results reasonably consistent with the symptoms and functional limitations described above in this evaluation? If no, please explain:

5 13. Please describe any other limitations (such as psychological limitations, limited vision, difficulty hearing, need to avoid temperature extremes, wetness, humidity, noise, dust, fumes, gases or hazards, etc.) that would affect your patient's ability to work at a regular job on a sustained basis: Date Signature Printed/Typed Name: Address: /